Leviticus 8:26:3Lev.8.26.W3TAB
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
asher
“that”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- a-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- that
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
u-mis-SAL ha-mats-TSOT a-SHER lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH lah-KAKH khal-LAT mat-TSAH a-KHAT ve-khal-LAT LE-khem SHE-men a-KHAT ve-ra-KIK e-KHAD
- sentence
u-mis-SAL ha-mats-TSOT a-SHER lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH lah-KAKH khal-LAT mat-TSAH a-KHAT ve-khal-LAT LE-khem SHE-men a-KHAT ve-ra-KIK e-KHAD va-YA-sem al-ha-kha-la-VIM ve-AL SHOK ha-ya-MIN
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁר | ă-šer} introduces a defining clause with the prepositional phrase lifnei YHWH {לִפְנֵי יְהוָה | li-p̄-nê Yə-hō-wāh} ‘before the LORD’, situating the basket in the sanctuary.
Root and etymology
’-shaleph-shin
“fire”
In context — Leviticus 8:26
And from the basket of unleavened breads, which was before the LORD , he took one unleavened loaf , one loaf of bread mixed with oil, and one wafer, and he placed them on the fat portions and on the right thigh.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 8:26:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 8:26, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֣ר (asher) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Lev.8.26.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.8.26.W3.S1) and character.